Bottle-closure.



PATENTED .TUNE l2, 1906.

H. S. BREWINGTON.

BOTTLE GLOSURE.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 6. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. BREWINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed September 6, 1905. Serial No. 277,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWING-` ing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle-closures; and the object of my invention is to provide a closure which will seal and hold by friction within bottle-neck, as the bottles fail to run regular-that is, they are not all perfect-and by the use of my invention I provide a closure which will conform to the bottle-neck and make it air and gas tight.

My invention relates to certain other novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of one form of closure; Fig. 2, a sectional view showing another form applied to a bottle, and FigsS, 4, 5, and 6 are modifications.

In Fig. 2, A represents the bottle-neck, and l is the cap or closure, made of aluminium or other suitable non-resilient material, and 4 is a packing.

In Fig. 3, l is a cup-shaped disk having an outwardly-turned top portion 2 and a iiat bottom 3.

Fig. 4 is a modified form. 1 represents the cup-shaped disk; 4, a suitable packing; 5, a Bange.

In Fig. 5, l is a modified form with a partially-turned iiange without packing.

In Fig. 6, l is a modified form, 6 a modified closed bead under which a packing is placed at 7.

The cap or closure is preferably made cupshaped, and when it is desired to seal a bottle the closure is forced down into the mouth of the bottle by means of a suitable tool, and the cap being of a non-resilient material it will conform to the shape of the bottle-neck and forms a sealing as Well as holding contact.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the cap is placed in the bottle-neck by a downward pressure, and the top of the cup is made to lie flush with the top of the bottle-neck or to overlap it, thereby forming an air and gas tight closure. The bottom of the cup-shaped disk performs quite a function in that the pressure to a certain extent is obtained from the bottom in holding the sides strongly against the bottle.

In most instances, where the bottle is nearly perfect and in proper size, it will not be necessary to use any packing; but when required a packing of any suitable material maybe used, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Same can be applied in Fig. 6.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided a cap or closure which may be used on jars as well as bottles, and one which is absolutely air and gas tight, as by the use of aluminium it is non-resilient, and when the disk is forced in the bottle-neck it will conform thereto and make a tight sealing-contact.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the eXact construction here set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle cap or closure in the form of a hollow cup shape disk, made of a non-resilient sheet metal, having a flat bottom, the walls of which are perpendicular thereto, a partially-closed fiange at the top and adapted to be spun or forced into and made to conform to the irregularities of the inner wall or bore of a bottle-neck.

2. A bottle-closure in combination with a bottle, in the form of a hollow cup shape disk, made of a non-resilient sheet metal, comprising a fiat bottom the walls of which are perpendicular thereto, and adapted to be forced into and made to'conform to the irregularities of the inner wall or bore of the bottleneck substantially as herein described.

3. A bottle-closure in combination with a bottle in the form of a cup-shape disk provided With a flat bottom the walls of which are perpendicular thereto, having an outwardly-turned portion formed on the top porL tion thereof, and adapted to be forced into the bore of the bottleneck, made from non-re silient sheet metal that will conform to the irregularities of the inner wall or bore of the bottle-neck and form a sealing-contact substantially as herein described.

4. A bottle-closure in combination with a IOO bottle in the form ol a cup-shape disk having` an outwardly-turned portion formed on the top and a packing` resting under the out- Wardlyturned portion and adapted to be forced into the bore of a bottle-neck, the packing resting on top of the mouth of the ottle beneath the outwardly-turned portion, made vfrom non-resilient sheet metal that Will conform to the irregularities of the inner Wall or bore of the bottle-neck and form a sealing and holding contact.

5. A bottle-closure in combination with a bottle, in the 'form of a cup-shape disk, having a ilat bottom, the Walls of which are perpendicular to said bottom, an outer turned ilange formed on the top part thereof, made of non resilient sheet metal, which when forced Within the bottle-mouth Will conform to the irregularities of the inner Wall or bore of the bottle-neck and form a frictional and sealing contact substantially as herein described.

6. A bottle-closure in combination with a bottle, in the form of a cup-shape disk, having'formed an outwardly-turned flange on the top part thereof, made of non-resilient sheet metal, a suitable packing beneath the outwardly-turned top lange which, when 'forced Within the bottle-mouth will conform to the irregularities of the inner Wall or bore fof a bottle-neck and form a frictional and sealing contact substantially as' herein described.

In testimony Whereoi I aHiX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

HENRY S. BREVINGTON.

' Vitnesses:

J. DUNCAN HARRISON, J. ALEX. HILLEARY, Jr. 

